It's overly romantacised.

It's a lot of hard work and dedication unless you have the money to buy everything outright and employ people.

But even if you're dirt poor and struggling it's still worth the effort.

Nothing is more rewarding than watching your work pay off in such a meaningful way.

And if you are smart mother nature does most of the work for you.

If you're serious, start studying keyline agriculture, permaculture, biodynamics, generative farming, natural sequence farming, indigenous land management (especially regarding the area you intend to farm)

Read "water for every farm" by yeoman

When you do acquire land to farm you will have a huge head start on the required knowledge to do it effectively at low cost.

And if you have access to any kind of garden now do not take that for granted.